RBAPS Project

07 November 2016

SECOND CALL FOR APPLICANTS TO THE SHANNON CALLOWS BREEDING WADER AND SPECIES-RICH FLOOD MEADOW SCHEMES FOR 2017 ONLY
Where payments will be awarded based on the ecological quality of the farmland.

To be eligible the land must:

• Be in receipt of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS),
• NOT be under a GLAS or AEOS contract for 2017
• Be located within the Shannon Callows SAC

Call open specifically to the following areas:-
FOR Breeding Wader Measure, Grazing areas in the townlands of:

Golden Island	Clonmacnoise	Raghrabeg	Cogran
Bunnaribba	Creevagh	Garrymore	Ballymacoolahan
Cloncraff / Bloomhill	Cloonburren	Killaphort	Kilnaborris
Clonascra	Cloniff	Derryholmes /Timolin & Derryharan	Rooaun (Longford By)
Drumlosh	Raghra	Esker (Longford By)

 

FOR Species-rich Flood Meadow Mesure, Meadow Callows at:

Bloomhill, Mathers, Moystown, Woodbank, Esker and Drumlosh.

AND farmers from the following calolws callows (previously targeted in 2015/16) may also apply at this time:

Goravinch, Clonmacnoise, Fahns, Baranagh, Tower Callow, Bullock Island, Cogran (Lusmagh), Long Island (Co Roscommon) and Bishops Island, .
Deadline for applications: 30th November 2016; with applicants to be finalised by January 2017.

FOR MORE INFORMATION/APPLICATION FORM CONTACT:

Kathryn Finney, RBAPS Breeding Wader Officer,

BirdWatch Ireland,

Crank House, Banagher, Co Offaly,

Tel: 057 – 915 1676

Email:  kfinney@birdwatchireland.ie

OR

Caitriona Maher, RBAPS Project Manager,

CERIS, Institute of Technology, Sligo

Ash Lane, Sligo

Tel  071 – 930 5848

Email  Maher.Caitriona @itsligo.ie